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YouTube Premium just got more expensive again: now $16 a month, or $27 for families
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Count me out. I'm building a music library of my own with the help of my local library, thrift stores, and the internet. And, shit, I just got a record player, too.
Oh I have my own selfhosted music library as well. But that doesn’t really solve the problem of music discoverability. Back in the day we had radio and MTV. These days streaming services are still a must on some level unless you’re content to just listen to the music you already have forever.
I use listen brainz for music discovery. Every week it generates a jams playlist(similar to things i am known to like) and an exploration playlist(a bit more out there in terms of music taste). I then download those via the API and convert them to a CSV which gets put into SLSK download and all the music shows up in my music player automatically and I delete the songs if I dont like em. I was able to import my spotify listening history into it so I have a few 100k listens and its got a good idea of what I like.
Either my kids ask for something new, or i hit billboard charts once in a while and true up my collection.
I like to use the time filter and can listen in 5 languages; “oldies” in various genres, times, and places, isn't that hard to research--plenty of free internet radio out there.
Sorry to the new bands out there.
Edit: Also I find the mindset of finding the exact best music is kind of unhealthy. Building a tolerance for meh actually helps me discover things that don't immediately and instantly appeal to me, and I think that leads to more musical variety in the long run than the skip-happy attitude streaming encourages.